Trying to get use to using wine and winetricks, how do you know what is currently installed and what needs to be installed, for instance if i had wine default to WinXP or Windows7 etc ? Or does it not matter if its already installed and you install again using winetricks ? What would people recommend for the default OS as mainly i wish to use Wine for windows gaming and what would i need to install for gaming through winetricks ? Many Thanks
WinXP is the most tested and is current the default OS for wine. winetricks is only used for applications that don't work correctly. You don't just install a stack of stuff from it and expect applications to work. Most things in winetricks are double sided swords. ie help X application to work and cause Y application to fail. "man wine" Read and understand about WINEPREFIX this is a useful feature to split configurations of wine down to individual programs. More you want to use winetricks the more you need to understand about WINEPREFIX. Most platuim rated applications operation on wine alone without needing anything installed from winetricks. The name winetricks is part a warning. It tricks stuff into working. It also tricks stuff into failing that should not either.
oiaohm wrote:> > Most platuim rated applications operation on wine alone without needing anything installed from winetricks. >Not most, all. The definition of platinum is "installs and runs flawlessly out of the box." An app cannot be rated platinum if any winetricks are used.
By definition yes. But people place incorrect reports. I need to be a little clearer in some statements.
whitetimer wrote:> Ok i have worked out using WINEPREFIX and so far so good, i can get the the regedit etc, but now, how would i use winetricks on a particular wineprefix ? > > Many Thanks :D > >export WINEPREFIX=/path/to/wineprefix winetricks ..... After getting winetricks and placing the file in a directory in your PATH and making the file executible (a+x)... James McKenzie
James McKenzie wrote:> whitetimer wrote: > > > Ok i have worked out using WINEPREFIX and so far so good, i can get the the regedit etc, but now, how would i use winetricks on a particular wineprefix ? > > > > Many Thanks :D > > > > > > > export WINEPREFIX=/path/to/wineprefix > > winetricks ..... > > After getting winetricks and placing the file in a directory in your > PATH and making the file executible (a+x)... > > James McKenzieCheers for that, i think i have it sorted :D